Driffield-Hornsea Methodist Circuit
## Annual Report Year Ended 31* August 2023
## Registered Charity Number
1174599
Principal Address:-
C/O The Circuit Office 52 Westgate Driffield East Yorkshire YO25 6TJ Circuit Ministers
Rev. Dr. Richard Teal (Superintendent) Deacon Jackie Fowler Local Pastor John Gleaves Circuit Stewards Mrs Hilary Himsworth Mr. Jan Kitching, Mrs Susan Southcoat Mrs Angela Prescott (Finance)
Trustees: A full list of trustees is available from the circuit office.
## Advisors:-
## Bankers:
Natwest Bank PLC, 63 Market Place, Beverley, East Yorkshire. HU17 8AA Central Board of Finance of the Methodist Church, 9 Bonhill Street, London, EC2A 4PE
## Investment Managers and Custodian Trustees
Trustees for Methodist Church Purposes, Central Buildings, Oldham Street, Manchester. M1 1JQ
## STRUCTURE, GOVERNANCE AND MANAGEMENT
The charity is incorporated and is governed under the Deed of Union (1932) and the Methodist Church Act (1976). The trustees are appointed by local churches and existing trustees. Ministers and circuit stewards are automatically trustees. The circuit is part of the Yorkshire North & East Methodist District and is accountable to the Methodist Conference. There are two presbyter ministers in the circuit and the superintendent minister has overall responsibility for the circuit. The ministers share the pastoral responsibility for the churches within the circuit. The ministers are supported with the day to day running of the circuit by the Circuit Leadership Team (CLT) which is made up of the circuit stewards and circuit ministers. The CLT reports to the circuit meeting which is the governing body of the circuit.
The Methodist Church provides a range of guidance documents to assist circuits and local churches to manage any risks that may arise including, the care and maintenance of property and safeguarding of young people
and vulnerable adults. These risks are considered by the circuit meeting or local church councils as appropriate. The circuit has adopted a safeguarding policy and the Circuit Safeguarding Officer supports local churches in adopting their own individual safeguarding policies and offers safeguarding training. The Charity Commission leaflet ‘The Role of the Trustee’ is available to all circuit trustees which outlines the responsibility of a trustee. Professional advice is taken as required, e.g. legal advice.
## OBJECTIVES AND ACTIVITIES
The purposes of the Methodist Church are and shall be deemed to have been since the Deed of Union 19372, the advancement of:
1. The Christian faith in accordance with the doctrinal standards and discipline of the Methodist Church 2. Any charitable purpose for the time being of any connexion, district, circuit, local or other organisation of the Methodist Church
3. Any charitable purpose for the time being of any society or institution, subsidiary or ancillary to the Methodist church
4. Any purpose for the time being of any charity being a charity subsidiary or ancillary to the Methodist Church.
The circuit is responsible for producing a plan of preaching appointments to ensure regular public acts of worship take place at each of the churches in the circuit. Individual churches are responsible for organising its own activities for the communities in their area. The circuit encourages churches to engage in ecumenical relationships with other Christian denominations in their local area to enable the sharing of resources and to strengthen the growth of the Christian faith in each area. Ministers are instrumental in creating good relationships with fellow clergy.
In all activities the trustees have regard to the Charity Commission’s guidance on public benefit.
## ACIEVEMENTS AND PERFORMANCE
The Driffield-Hornsea Methodist Circuit offers varied opportunities for faith and worship development in the thirteen churches within the circuit, including both village and town churches. The circuit aims to serve the local communities through the churches by providing fellowship, not only in the weekly services, but also in the form of mid-week spiritual activities, social activities, coffee mornings, lunches which bring people together for friendship and support. Everybody is welcome to participate in the church activities. The churches are assisted by the circuit ministers, local pastor and local preachers.
All the churches in the Circuit continue to provide a Christian presence in their individual locations, a testament to the positive impact the churches have in their local communities. Most churches are offering weekly services and other events, e.g coffee mornings and lunches. The ministers continue to support the church communities with the additional lay worker support of the Local Pastor. The Circuit has been fortunate in obtaining grant funding to enable a full time Local Pastor to be employed.
During this financial year the Circuit has supported individual churches within the Circuit as follows: -
- 1, Employed a presbyter minister and a diaconal minister to assist churches with the ministry in their churches and communities.
2. Supported churches as they continue to develop and grow the mission in their local areas. 3. Following the mission planning initiative, the Circuit applied for grants and have raised funds to provide for a Local Pastor who is now employed to work alongside the ministers, specifically in four of the rural churches.
4. The Circuit Safeguarding Officer offers advice and training to local churches and assists churches to ensure they comply with current safeguarding regulations.
5. The Circuit employs an administrator to assist the ministers and churches with day to day administration. 6. The Circuit uses funds from the sale of assets to support mission and property projects within the Circuit
As a Circuit we seek to make the best use of the resources of lay and ordained personnel, buildings and finance. There are challenges facing some of the smaller congregations with the on-going costs of maintaining buildings and falling membership, but the circuit is committed to supporting all churches through these challenging times.
## FINANCIAL REVIEW
The circuit accounts include:-
- a) The General Fund, the main operating accounts through which the expenditure and revenue for both operational and strategic purposes is handled.
- b) The Circuit Model Trust Fund, which is primarily funded through sale of redundant buildings no longer required within the circuit. Under Methodist Conference directions the fund can be used for capital projects and projects supporting the mission of the church. Applications must be made to and agreed by the circuit meeting.
- c) Other TMCP Accounts including both restricted and unrestricted funds
The circuit meeting has agreed the following financial grants to church projects.
Nafferton — An additional £5,000 towards the church refurbishment plus an interest free loan of £30,000 for 5 years.
The Bus Stop project — Wetwang — Up to £7,000
## Reserves Policy
The reserves policy for the Driffield-Hornsea Methodist Circuit is to hold a sum in reserve of 6 months average expenditure. This is felt to be prudent should any unforeseen expenditure arise requiring immediate payment and to cover short term expenditure in the event of an inability to raise the full circuit assessment from churches. It is necessary to ensure there are sufficient funds to cover the payment of stipends and expenses for ministers and lay workers and to pay the circuit contribution to the district. Funds in excess of the 6 month reserve are available to support church mission, building projects and general financial support to churches within the circuit, subject to circuit meeting approval.
Some funds are restricted. These funds include permanent endowments or gifts in memory where only the income from the trust can be used.
## Principal Source of Funding
Individual churches pay assessments to the circuit. There is also rental income from a manse which is currently not occupied by a minister. Most of the expenditure is related to the pay and associated costs of presbyters and lay workers.
## Approved by the Trustees on 14th March 2024 and signed on their behalf by:
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Mrs Angela I Prescott (Circuit Steward —Finance)
CIRCUIT RECEIPTS AND PAYMENTS ACCOUNTS
# THE METHODIST CHURCH
# STANDARD FORM OF ACCOUNTS
# Driffield - Hornsea
Circuit
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 August 2023
## Registered Charity - Charity Registration number
1174599
If not a registered charity Her Majesty's Revenue and Customs Gift Aid number | | (The HMRC number is equivalent to a registered charity number in terms of evidence of charitable status and may be used to give to donors or grant funders wishing to see evidence of the organisation's charitable status. Methodist charities in England and Wales that are not registered charities are excepted from registration under Statutory Instrument 2014 No.242 )
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## Treasurer:
## Angela Prescott
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|restricted|Model|Trust|Restricted|Totals|this|Totals|last|
|SECTIONA|Funds|Fund|Funds|year|year|
|RECEIPTS|||Note|||£|£|£|£|£|
|23|a4|BankAssessment/Sharecapitaland receiptsCFB|interest|and|po||||108,500>|TE|07,908108,500|109200.00|
|Investment|income|7.853|10.826|577|3.110|
|jas[Grants||too=| 3,80|63,500|
|26 Other receipts|es|Ee|ee|ee)|16,978|
|TOTAL RECEIPTS|161,072]|10,826|172,475|(a8)|||800,696|
|Pd|
|bi [PAYMENTS|a|
|b2|Stipends,|salaries,|NIC,|Pension|and|
|travel|costs|110,581|83,346|
|ps|mansecosts| S||zon]|=| S260]|7.475|
|b5|Administration etc|a|12,562|1,205|||43,825|11,314|
|be | [DistrictGrants &Assessme donatio|n|st|aFTee|ee58,000|P|ee58,000|2376|,|30|00|
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|bs|||Other payments|||||5,151|72,854|78,340|203,699|
|[b9 [TOTAL PAYMENTS|||||t94219}|132,050]|393][__ 316,674 /(oa]||[405,134]|
|SECTION|C|
|NET|RECEIPTS/PAYMENTS|FOR|
|co1||THE YEAR|(a7-b9)||(23,147)|(144,196)|
|Total|funds|brought|forward|from|last|year|315,907]|422,801.35|20,283|758,992|364,903|
|Sub total|(c1+c2)||292,760|||301,569]|20,467|614,796|760,465|
|Transfers and adjustments|a|(808)|(808)|(1,473)|
|TOTAL FUNDS AT END OF YEAR|(c3+c4)||292,760]|301,569]|19,659]|613,988|(c8)|||_758,992|(c6)||
|SECTION|D|
|FOR|INFORMATION|ONLY:|MONEY|RECEIVED AND|PASSED|ON|TO|EXTERNAL|ORGANISATIONS|
|these|amounts|should|not|be|included|in|total|receipts/payments|above)|
|Balance brought forward from|last year|P||f|
|Offerings/Gifts|- received for external|organisations|fF|f|||
|Offerings/Gifts|- passed to external organisations|P||f|
|BALANCE STILL TO BE PAID|(d1|+ d2|- d3)|a|ee|
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ORGANISATIONS Receipts Payments Payments Adjustments balances Closing balances
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HELDOTA BY CIRCUITASH FUND 172,475 316,671 (144,196) (808) 758,992eo 613,988
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STATEMENT OF ASSETS AND LIABILITIES ’
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CIRCUIT - CASH FUNDS HELD at 31 August 2023 BALANCES BALANCES
Bank Current Account 3624468 33475.55
Bank Deposit Account 102552.36 824.92
Central Finance Board 148946.63 229506.24
Trustees for Methodist Church Purposes 471248.23 350181.61
SUB TOTAL 758,992ca 613,988 cy
Total funds held by Internal Organisations (the
closing balance totals above) (e12)
TOTAL CASH FUNDS HELD BY CIRCUIT 758,992 to | 613,988
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OTHER ASSETS and LIABILITIES 1 September 2022 31 August 2023
Investments (include Endowments) P|
Land and Buildings (see notes re Insurance value) 772,961 906683
Loan(s) - show amount outstanding at year end 30,000
Other Liabilities f |
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## Declarations and Scrutiny
| confirm that these Receipt and Payment based accounts for the year to 31 August 2023 have been prepared from the records of the Circuit and that they include all funds under the control of the Circuit meeting.
Signature of treasurer ... QuitKalb. bee cee cee ceecueuee ce venseeuneees Date..O-tl 23. tees
Name and address of treasurer Angela Prescott
Orchard Croft, 20 Eastgate, Lund, Driffield, East Yorkshire, YO25 9TQ
## Presentation to the Circuit meeting
| confirm that the annual report and accounts for the year ended 31 August 2023 were/will be* presented to the Circuit meeting held on “t IRVOY, « j — Signature of the Chair of the meeting cle Aeet oc cectuseeceeeeecereeseeeee Name of the Chair of the meeting ‘SGV. DR. RICHARD. “TEAL Date IIAY
## Independent Examiner’s Report to the Trustees of the
## Driffield - Hornsea Methodist Circuit
## Charity Number - 1174599
## Responsibilities and basis of report
| report to the trustees on my examination of the accounts of the Driffield - Hornsea Circuit for the year ended 31 August 2023 set out on pages ... to .... As the Circuit's trustees, you are responsible for the preparation of the accounts in accordance with the requirements of the Charities Act 2011 (‘the Act’).
| report in respect of my examination of the Circuit’s accounts carried out under section 145 of the Act and, in carrying out my examination, | have followed all the applicable Directions given by the Charity Commission under section 145(5)(b) of the Act.
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## Independent Examiner’s Statement
| have completed my examination. | confirm that no material matters have come to my attention in connection with the examination (other than that disclosed below*) which give me cause to believe that in, any material respect:
- e the accounting records were not kept in accordance with section 130 of the Act; or e the accounts do not accord with the accounting records.
| have no concerns and have come across no other matters in connection with the examination to which attention should be drawn in this report in order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached.
| have/have not* obtained independent verification of all investments with the Trustees for Methodist Church Purposes or held in other trusts, bank balances and funds at the Central Finance Board of the Methodist Church which are individually in excess of £10,000 (ten thousand pounds) at the balance sheet date.
Signature of independent examiner PA Name of independent examiner ooo Aw) Bic bebe
Relevant professional qualification of independent examiner ...... BaeAB
Name of firm (Where appropriate) ......... 0.0 cee cece cece eee ee ee eee cee eee eee eee eee aee see eeeeae teens eeeaeeees Address oo ceceettr testes AC GOMES sesststuvesstssesasessisevesetssinnsses PSY, EYL Post Code/ 02), Date 4 (nS >
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Form reviewed May-23
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CIRCUIT RECEIPTS AND PAYMENTS ACCOUNTS
# THE METHODIST CHURCH
# STANDARD FORM OF ACCOUNTS
# Driffield - Hornsea
Circuit
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 August 2023
## Registered Charity - Charity Registration number
1174599
If not a registered charity Her Majesty's Revenue and Customs Gift Aid number | | (The HMRC number is equivalent to a registered charity number in terms of evidence of charitable status and may be used to give to donors or grant funders wishing to see evidence of the organisation's charitable status. Methodist charities in England and Wales that are not registered charities are excepted from registration under Statutory Instrument 2014 No.242 )
Ministers:
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## Treasurer:
## Angela Prescott
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|Un|-|Circuit|
|restricted|Model|Trust|Restricted|Totals|this|Totals|last|
|SECTIONA|Funds|Fund|Funds|year|year|
|RECEIPTS|||Note|||£|£|£|£|£|
|23|a4|BankAssessment/Sharecapitaland receiptsCFB|interest|and|po||||108,500>|TE|07,908108,500|109200.00|
|Investment|income|7.853|10.826|577|3.110|
|jas[Grants||too=| 3,80|63,500|
|26 Other receipts|es|Ee|ee|ee)|16,978|
|TOTAL RECEIPTS|161,072]|10,826|172,475|(a8)|||800,696|
|Pd|
|bi [PAYMENTS|a|
|b2|Stipends,|salaries,|NIC,|Pension|and|
|travel|costs|110,581|83,346|
|ps|mansecosts| S||zon]|=| S260]|7.475|
|b5|Administration etc|a|12,562|1,205|||43,825|11,314|
|be | [DistrictGrants &Assessme donatio|n|st|aFTee|ee58,000|P|ee58,000|2376|,|30|00|
|PE|
|bs|||Other payments|||||5,151|72,854|78,340|203,699|
|[b9 [TOTAL PAYMENTS|||||t94219}|132,050]|393][__ 316,674 /(oa]||[405,134]|
|SECTION|C|
|NET|RECEIPTS/PAYMENTS|FOR|
|co1||THE YEAR|(a7-b9)||(23,147)|(144,196)|
|Total|funds|brought|forward|from|last|year|315,907]|422,801.35|20,283|758,992|364,903|
|Sub total|(c1+c2)||292,760|||301,569]|20,467|614,796|760,465|
|Transfers and adjustments|a|(808)|(808)|(1,473)|
|TOTAL FUNDS AT END OF YEAR|(c3+c4)||292,760]|301,569]|19,659]|613,988|(c8)|||_758,992|(c6)||
|SECTION|D|
|FOR|INFORMATION|ONLY:|MONEY|RECEIVED AND|PASSED|ON|TO|EXTERNAL|ORGANISATIONS|
|these|amounts|should|not|be|included|in|total|receipts/payments|above)|
|Balance brought forward from|last year|P||f|
|Offerings/Gifts|- received for external|organisations|fF|f|||
|Offerings/Gifts|- passed to external organisations|P||f|
|BALANCE STILL TO BE PAID|(d1|+ d2|- d3)|a|ee|
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INTERNAL Net Receipts/ Opening
ORGANISATIONS Receipts Payments Payments Adjustments balances Closing balances
ef EEE
FNRe Onre fr eR
0Oo re Dr ss
0On re Or
0Sub total of Internal fre I rsOe Dsce
Organisations funds
Circuit accounts (totals
brought forward from
page2 - totals column) 172,475 316,671 (144,196) (808) | (c7) 758,992 613,988
HELDOTA BY CIRCUITASH FUND 172,475 316,671 (144,196) (808) 758,992eo 613,988
Continue on a separate TOTAL
sheet if necessary and bring |TOTAL RECEIPTS PAYMENTS
the totals forward
sep ESS Sa ST RS Stn SSS SeSS TESS
SECTION F
STATEMENT OF ASSETS AND LIABILITIES ’
5 OPENING CLOSING
CIRCUIT - CASH FUNDS HELD at 31 August 2023 BALANCES BALANCES
Bank Current Account 3624468 33475.55
Bank Deposit Account 102552.36 824.92
Central Finance Board 148946.63 229506.24
Trustees for Methodist Church Purposes 471248.23 350181.61
SUB TOTAL 758,992ca 613,988 cy
Total funds held by Internal Organisations (the
closing balance totals above) (e12)
TOTAL CASH FUNDS HELD BY CIRCUIT 758,992 to | 613,988
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SECTION G At At
OTHER ASSETS and LIABILITIES 1 September 2022 31 August 2023
Investments (include Endowments) P|
Land and Buildings (see notes re Insurance value) 772,961 906683
Loan(s) - show amount outstanding at year end 30,000
Other Liabilities f |
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f5 Include only CFB Funds held at Trustees for Methodist Church Purposes gi Include any other investments (not the cash element of TMCP trust accounts this is inserted in line f5)
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Name of Circuit
Driffield - Hornsea
No 29/35
## Declarations and Scrutiny
| confirm that these Receipt and Payment based accounts for the year to 31 August 2023 have been prepared from the records of the Circuit and that they include all funds under the control of the Circuit meeting.
Signature of treasurer ... QuitKalb. bee cee cee ceecueuee ce venseeuneees Date..O-tl 23. tees
Name and address of treasurer Angela Prescott
Orchard Croft, 20 Eastgate, Lund, Driffield, East Yorkshire, YO25 9TQ
## Presentation to the Circuit meeting
| confirm that the annual report and accounts for the year ended 31 August 2023 were/will be* presented to the Circuit meeting held on “t IRVOY, « j — Signature of the Chair of the meeting cle Aeet oc cectuseeceeeeecereeseeeee Name of the Chair of the meeting ‘SGV. DR. RICHARD. “TEAL Date IIAY
## Independent Examiner’s Report to the Trustees of the
## Driffield - Hornsea Methodist Circuit
## Charity Number - 1174599
## Responsibilities and basis of report
| report to the trustees on my examination of the accounts of the Driffield - Hornsea Circuit for the year ended 31 August 2023 set out on pages ... to .... As the Circuit's trustees, you are responsible for the preparation of the accounts in accordance with the requirements of the Charities Act 2011 (‘the Act’).
| report in respect of my examination of the Circuit’s accounts carried out under section 145 of the Act and, in carrying out my examination, | have followed all the applicable Directions given by the Charity Commission under section 145(5)(b) of the Act.
pita PAROS HIS28, BRPLORUATE,
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Name of Circuit
Driffield - Hornsea
No 29/35
## Independent Examiner’s Statement
| have completed my examination. | confirm that no material matters have come to my attention in connection with the examination (other than that disclosed below*) which give me cause to believe that in, any material respect:
- e the accounting records were not kept in accordance with section 130 of the Act; or e the accounts do not accord with the accounting records.
| have no concerns and have come across no other matters in connection with the examination to which attention should be drawn in this report in order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached.
| have/have not* obtained independent verification of all investments with the Trustees for Methodist Church Purposes or held in other trusts, bank balances and funds at the Central Finance Board of the Methodist Church which are individually in excess of £10,000 (ten thousand pounds) at the balance sheet date.
Signature of independent examiner PA Name of independent examiner ooo Aw) Bic bebe
Relevant professional qualification of independent examiner ...... BaeAB
Name of firm (Where appropriate) ......... 0.0 cee cece cece eee ee ee eee cee eee eee eee eee aee see eeeeae teens eeeaeeees Address oo ceceettr testes AC GOMES sesststuvesstssesasessisevesetssinnsses PSY, EYL Post Code/ 02), Date 4 (nS >
* delete or circle as appropriate
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